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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
byword
    n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
         fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
         [syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Byword \By"word`\, n. [AS. b["i]word; b["i], E. by + word.]
   1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general
      currency.
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            I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. --Bacon.
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   2. The object of a contemptuous saying.
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            Thou makest us a byword among the heathen. --Ps.
                                                  xliv. 14
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3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
By-word
   Hebrew _millah_ (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object
   of talk; Hebrew _mashal_ (Ps. 44:14), a proverb or parable. When
   it denotes a sharp word of derision, as in Deut. 28:37, 1 Kings
   9:7, 2 Chr. 7:20, the Hebrew _sheninah_ is used. In Jer. 24:9 it
   is rendered "taunt."
   

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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